Exodus – Leaving the familiar Why we should see climate change and migration as opportunities. The radical changes in economy and environment are forcing people to rethink their proven ways of life and behavior. Large cities as well as rural regions are affected by climate change, with serious consequences for the entire food and energy…
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More than 250 young people gathered in Villach to start the European Tolerance Talks 2018 in order to discuss forward-looking ideas and fundamental questions for a better life. As part of the “Love Tour against Mobbing and Violence in Schools”, a focus of the Carinthian federal Education Bord, the students were given tips and tricks…
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“Why we have to rethink the future” was the topic of a keynote speech by the Hamburg trend researcher Birgit Gebhardt at the opening of the International Tourism Forum in Villach, which took place for the first time as part of the European Tolerance Talks at the Hotel Holiday Inn. Well-known experts from business and…
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The already traditional Young Poetry Slam concluded the European Tolerance Talks 2018 on Friday evening, and for the first time multiple participant Lukas Hofbauer (21) from Klagenfurt (living in Graz) won the poetic competition after a brilliant public voting. Last year’s winner, Estha Sackl (25) from Steindorf, placed second ahead of the youngest participant Birgit…
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The Austrian PEN Club and the city of Villach (Carinthia) have created the European Tolerance Award for Democracy and Human Rights. In 2018 the prize was awarded for the first time to the Turkish writer Dogan Akhanli, who lives in Cologne. “The award is a recognition for his humanistic attitude, his sincere treatment of historical…
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Paradise concepts in politics, business and society are the focus of the European Tolerance Talks, which take place next week from 16 to 19 May in Villach and Fresach. The talks will be broadcasted live on the internet for the first time in 2018. In cooperation with BTV and Raiffeisenbank Kärnten, the organizer (Denk.Raum.Fresach) is…
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The well-known German TV presenter and bestselling author Franz Alt will open the Entrepreneur’s Day in Fresach on 18 May with a presentation on the “Future of the Earth – Good News or Lost Paradise”. Can our blue planet still be salvaged in the face of advancing climate change and ever-increasing resource misuse, and if…
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“Love and Heart” are two revolutionary metaphors of Islamic mysticism. The multiple best-selling author Gerhard Schweizer explains what we can take from these two metaphors and the alternative thinking in oriental literature for the entrepreneurship of the 21st century on 18 May as part of the European Tolerance Talks 2018 in Fresach (2 p.m.). Gerhard…
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“Zero tolerance – how networking and globalization shift claims and realities” or “The End of Tourism as we know it. Why we need to think the future anew” is the topic of a keynote speech by the Hamburg trend expert and futurologist Birgit Gebhardt at the opening of the tourism forum on 16 May at…
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EU ambassador and startup entrepreneur Ali Mahlodji will open the exciting day program of the Love Tour ’18 on May 16th at 9 a.m. at the Parkhotel Villach (Großer Bambergsaal) with the theme “School with Heart – Just Save the World”. Mahlodji, who fled Iran with his parents as a child, explains how we can…
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